Is OpenAI hiring? 82 open roles as of Sep 29, 2026

Yes. As of Sep 29, 2026, OpenAI has about 82 open roles, 0.75% of its 10,877 employees.

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Open roles: 82
% of headcount: 0.75%
Employees: 10,877
Departments: 12

Snapshot · Sep 29, 2026

Where OpenAI is hiring

Hiring velocity: Minimal hiring activity for a very large company. When companies with > 5000 employees have open roles less than 2% of headcount, that's considered stability with little expansion. These are hiring signals from open job postings, not job listings. To apply, use the company's careers site.

OpenAI open roles by department
Department	Open roles	% of headcount	Strength	Sample titles
Engineering	22	0.2%	Low	Applied AI Architect, Partner · Full-Stack Engineer, ChatGPT Education & Learning · Applied AI Architect, Healthcare & Life Sciences
Operations	7	0.1%	Low	Member of Executive Operations · Deal Operations, APAC · Member of Executive Operations, San Francisco
Design	6	0.1%	Low	Product Designer, Engineering Acceleration · Product Designer, Codex · Product Designer, Payments
Solutions	5	<0.1%	Low	Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Financial Services- NYC · Partner Solutions Engineer, Ads Solutions - San Francisco · Solutions Engineer, Ads Solutions - San Francisco
Marketing	4	<0.1%	Low	Creative Operations Lead, Business Marketing · Enterprise Field Marketer · International Marketing Lead, SMB Ads
Procurement	4	<0.1%	Low	Strategic Sourcing Manager, Compute Infrastructure · Contract Management Lead (Procurement) · Strategic Sourcing Manager, Data Center Infrastructure, Mechanical
Sales	4	<0.1%	Low	Account Director, Insurance · Sales Manager, Digital Natives · Account Director, GSIs & Consulting
Administration	3	<0.1%	Low	Administrative Business Partner / Executive Business Partner · Senior Manager, Global Equity Administration · Manager, Global Equity Administration
Finance	3	<0.1%	Low	Strategic Finance, Compute · Senior Manager, Financial Risk Management · Head of Finance - Data Centers
Machine learning	3	<0.1%	Low	Data Scientist, Inference Capacity Optimization · Applied AI Engineer, Quants · Machine Learning Engineer, Monetization AI/ML

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Job locations, not offices

Top job locations

San Francisco, CA62.2% · 51
United States7.3% · 6
New York City, NY6.1% · 5
Dublin, Ireland4.9% · 4
Seattle, WA4.9% · 4

Seniority mix

Open roles by level

Mid-senior63.4%
Manager26.8%
Partner3.7%
Director3.7%
Head2.4%

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One POST /v1/companies/enrich call with openai.com returns OpenAI hiring signals (hiring-velocity, hiring-trends), each with its source. Or ask Claude through MCP.

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  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "domain": "openai.com",
    "signal_types": ["hiring-velocity","hiring-trends"],
    "limit": 20
  }'

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Questions about OpenAI hiring

Is OpenAI hiring right now?

Yes. The snapshot dated Sep 29, 2026 counts about 82 open roles at OpenAI. Up 19% over the last 30 days.

Which teams is OpenAI hiring for?

The departments with the most open roles on Sep 29, 2026: Engineering (22), Operations (7) and Design (6).

Where is OpenAI hiring?

The top job locations on Sep 29, 2026: San Francisco, CA (62.2%), United States (7.3%) and New York City, NY (6.1%). These are job locations, not office addresses.

Source. Open job postings, counted per department and location. These are hiring signals, not job listings.

Method. The latest weekly snapshot of open roles, compared with the company headcount.

Data as of Sep 30, 2026.

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